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Chicago, IL
177K-277K Annually
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177K-277K Annually
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Digital Media • Gaming • Internet of Things • News + Entertainment • Retail • Business Intelligence • Cybersecurity
The Principal Software Engineer leads the technical vision and architecture for a platform, focusing on performance and scalability while mentoring staff and ensuring timely software delivery.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++ConfluenceGCPGitGoJavaJIRAMicrosoft Office SuitePython
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Chicago, IL
188K-324K Annually
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188K-324K Annually
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Fintech • Payments
Lead the technical vision for SMB platforms, driving cloud-native architecture, enhancing developer experiences, and shaping multi-year business strategies focused on payments and settlements.
Top Skills: AIAutomated DeliveryContainer OrchestrationGCPGraphQLGrpcInfrastructure As CodeKafkaMlPayments/FintechPub/SubRestSdkService MeshStream Processing
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Chicago, IL
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186K-258K Annually
Senior level
186K-258K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
Lead mobile software development as a Principal Mobile Software Engineer, driving technical strategy, building systems in React Native, and mentoring engineers to enhance user experience and scalability.
Top Skills: JavaKotlinObjective-CReact NativeSwiftTypescript
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In-Office
Chicago, IL
217K-325K Annually
Senior level
217K-325K Annually
Senior level
Cloud
The Principal Engineer will lead the design and delivery of AI solutions, mentor engineers, and align global AI architectures, focusing on applied AI and agentic AI platforms.
Top Skills: Agent FrameworksAIAPIsAWSAzureDistributed SystemsGCPLlmsMicroservicesMlRag PipelinesVector Search
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Chicago, IL
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Big Data • Software
The Principal Engineer will lead the architectural vision for the TiDB optimizer, focusing on query optimization and enhancing the performance of the TiDB database, employed by large organizations globally.
Top Skills: Apache CalciteCC++FlinkGoGporcaJavaLinuxMySQLOraclePostgresRustSparkSQL ServerUnix
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Remote
Chicago, IL
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
The role involves leading the development of analytics in Elasticsearch, providing technical vision, and collaborating with teams to enhance ES|QL capabilities and infrastructure.
Top Skills: Analytics SystemsCassandraData-Intensive ApplicationsDatadogDynatraceElasticsearchJavaMongoDBNew RelicPostgresSolrSplunk Spl
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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235K-265K Annually
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235K-265K Annually
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Information Technology • Software • Analytics
The Principal Software Engineer will architect AI solutions, lead a development team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to improve platform capabilities.
Top Skills: AIAWSAzureCassandraDatabricksElasticsearchGCPGenerative AiJavaScriptKubernetesLlmsNoSQLPostgresPyTorchRest ApisSnowflakeSparkSQLTypescript
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Remote
Chicago, IL
155K-185K Annually
Senior level
155K-185K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Energy • Utilities
Join Utilidata as a Senior Software Engineer to mentor junior engineers, develop high-quality Python code, optimize cloud infrastructure, and implement scalable solutions for big data processing.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdPython
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In-Office
Chicago, IL
164K-274K Annually
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164K-274K Annually
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Fintech • Information Technology • Analytics
The Principal Software Engineer leads technical vision and strategy for the division, mentors staff, and drives architectural standards across multiple business units.
Top Skills: Software Engineering PrinciplesSystem Architecture
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Remote
Chicago, IL
210K-300K Annually
Senior level
210K-300K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence
The Staff/Principal Software Engineer will lead the development of full-text search capabilities, focusing on search infrastructure, collaboration, and innovative solutions in AI applications at Pinecone.
Top Skills: C++ElasticsearchGoJavaLuceneRustSolr
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Remote
Chicago, IL
209K-306K Annually
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209K-306K Annually
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Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will provide technical and architectural leadership in data engineering, focusing on strategy, innovation, and ensuring successful production deliveries while fostering teamwork and mentoring.
Top Skills: AgileBusiness IntelligenceCloudData IntegrationData LakeData TechnologyData WarehouseDistributed SystemsMicroservicesNoSQL
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Remote
Chicago, IL
134K-174K Annually
Senior level
134K-174K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Social Impact • Software
Lead design and implementation of Generative AI features, mentor engineers, ensure performance and reliability, collaborate with product teams, and maintain high quality standards.
Top Skills: .Net CoreAngularAWSAzureC#Cosmos DbCSSGCPHTMLJavaScriptRestful ApisSQL ServerTypescript
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Remote
Chicago, IL
170K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
170K-190K Annually
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Information Technology • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence
The Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI will lead the integration of AI into data apps, mentor teams, and ensure system reliability at scale through full stack development using React and Python.
Top Skills: AIAPIsLlmPythonReactSnowflake
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
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152K-190K Annually
Senior level
152K-190K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Healthtech • Professional Services • Software • Pharmaceutical
As a Principal Backend Software Engineer, you'll design and develop core modules for the elluminate platform, engage in all software development lifecycle phases, and provide technical guidance and support to the Engineering team.
Top Skills: AngularAsp.Net MvcAWSC#Distributed SystemsMicroservicesSQLSQL Server
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Chicago, IL
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Pharmaceutical
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead technical initiatives, ensure system reliability, mentor engineers, and influence technical strategies that align with business goals.
Top Skills: Machine LearningNatural Language Processing (Nlp)Software ArchitectureSoftware Design
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Remote
Chicago, IL
Senior level
Senior level
Other • Professional Services
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives, design scalable software, mentor engineers, and influence system architecture in IoT projects.
Top Skills: .NetAWSC#CSSDockerHTMLJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLPythonSQL
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead complex projects, build scalable systems, and integrate EHRs while driving technical improvements and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Top Skills: AWSKubernetesPostgres
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Chicago, IL
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Senior level
Big Data • Food • Mobile • Payments
The Principal Software Engineer at Fetch will design and scale intelligent systems for personalized consumer experiences, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence technical strategies across the organization.
Top Skills: AICi/CdEvent StreamingHaystackKubernetesLangchainMachine LearningObservabilitySemantic Kernel
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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Information Technology • Internet of Things
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives, develop scalable solutions, mentor teams, and drive system architecture for a connected equipment platform.
Top Skills: .NetAWSC#CSSDockerEc2ElasticsearchHTMLJavaScriptKinesisKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLPythonS3SQLVpc
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
130K-175K Annually
Expert/Leader
130K-175K Annually
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Software • Cybersecurity
The Principal Software Engineer will enhance and maintain software products, design and develop new applications, mentor staff, and ensure software quality and standards. They will lead while applying Agile methodologies and collaborate with product teams.
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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145K-190K Annually
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145K-190K Annually
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Information Technology
Designs and implements software prototypes, analyzes new technologies, and provides development support to improve customer experience in civic tech projects.
Top Skills: AWSDockerJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMySQLNginxPostgresPythonReactRuby On RailsTypescript
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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166K-228K Annually
Senior level
166K-228K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
Design and build open-source Pulumi SDKs, ensure code quality, lead projects, and contribute to the developer community.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC#F#GoGCPHaskellJavaKotlinKubernetesLispPythonRubyRustScalaTypescript
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In-Office or Remote
Chicago, IL
224K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
224K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
eCommerce • Fashion • Retail • Sales
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll drive technical architecture, mentor teams, and lead software development projects while contributing to code and best practices.
Top Skills: Css/SassDockerElixirErlangGitGitGraphQLHTML5JavaScriptJSONKafkaKinesisKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLPostgresRestRuby
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Remote
Chicago, IL
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170K-200K Annually
Senior level
170K-200K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology
Lead the design and implementation of full-stack solutions while mentoring junior engineers and driving agile development practices within the organization.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGitJavaKubernetesNoSQLPostgresPythonReactSQLTypescript
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Remote or Hybrid
Chicago, IL
174K-234K Annually
Senior level
174K-234K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Automotive • Machine Learning • Transportation
Lead architectural vision and development of scalable infrastructure for self-driving technology, mentoring engineers and overseeing complex projects.
Top Skills: AWSAzureGCPGoKubernetesPython
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